KEVIN CONROY
14110 Stanwood Terrace #302 kevinconroy@[Link]
Rockville, MD 20850 [Link]
Cell: 301-520-1104
EXPERIENCE PROGRAMMING
Senior Java Web Developer LANGUAGES
GlobalGiving / ManyFutures, Inc., Washington, D.C. Java
April 2007 - Present JavaScript,
Designed, developed, and maintained all aspects of ECMAScript
JSP
[Link] including user experience, graphic design, C/C++
business logic, and web development. C#
Worked with business team to design and develop co-branded SQL
intranet web sites for clients such as Ford Motor Company, Gap ASP/[Link]
VB .NET
Inc, Applied Materials, and other Fortune 500 companies. Perl
XML/HTML
Research Specialist SVG
Accenture Technology Labs, Chicago, IL
August 2006 – April 2007 SKILLS
Human-
Worked in Systems Integration group researching software Computer
engineering, collaborative development, Web services, and Interaction
Service Oriented Architectures (SOA). User Interface
Developed extensible framework for adapting legacy applications Design
Object Oriented
into Web services using a drag-and-drop interface.
Programming
Developed a search engine and interface for finding relevant code Test-Driven
samples and applications from a large repository of projects. Development
Proposed and developed research projects on software Rapid
engineering, collaboration, and next-generation IDE capabilities. Development
Paper
Helped define Accenture’s 2007 Technology Vision for software Prototyping
metrics and collaborative software development. Agile
Techniques
Lead User Experience Designer and Software Engineer SCRUM/XP
Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc., Rockville, MD TECHNOLOGY
June 2004 – August 2006 PROFICIENCIES
Developed award-winning user interfaces for next-generation Eclipse
television and home entertainment product (HoME™). Eclipse Plug-ins
Designed, prototyped, and implemented interface for all Eclipse RCP
Tomcat/Apache
television related components in product.
Web Services
Contributed over 80,000 lines of Java and 20,000 lines of (SOAP and
JavaScript to core software framework. REST)
Implemented object-oriented MPEG-2 encoder/decoder in Java. Google Web
Toolkit (GWT)
Incorporated latest human-computer interaction research in JUnit
prototypes and production systems. Log4J
Developed full-featured prototypes and conducted user studies. Ant
Created corporate human-computer interaction guidelines and Axis/Axis2
Hibernate
interface design process.
Velocity
Managed software engineering development for application layer. J2ME, J2SE,
Composed coding standards and software development life-cycle J2EE
for user experience software engineers. OpenGL/JOGL
OpenAL/JOAL
Developed plug-ins for Eclipse to help programmers adhere to
CruiseControl
coding standards and develop code more quickly. JIRA/Bugzilla
Ported software to J2ME platform for customer demonstrations. MySql
Mentored college intern for Fall 2005 semester. Visual Studio
.NET
SQL Server
Represented company at conferences and in business meetings with
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several Fortune 500 executives. Microsoft Office
Macromedia MX
Research Assistant Suite
Photoshop
Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory Premiere
University of Maryland, College Park, MD Windows XP
Advisor: François Guimbretière Unix/Linux
February 2003 – May 2004
Researched techniques that allow users to import hand-written PROFESSIONAL
annotations into digital documents. ACTIVITIES
CHI 2006
Expanded AbiWord word processor to incorporate proposed (Computer-
interactions and validate research. Human
Presented research at ACM User Interface Software and Interaction
Technology (UIST) Conference 2004 and submitted paper to ACM Conference)
UIST 2004
Transaction on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI). & 2005
Received J.R. Dorfman Prize for Best Undergraduate Research (User Interface
Project in College of Computer, Mathematics, and Physical Software and
Sciences for 2003-2004. Technology)
CES 2005
& 2006
Teaching Assistant (International
Computer Science Department Consumer
University of Maryland, College Park, MD Electronics
Show)
September 2002 – December 2003 D3 2005
Created and managed projects using SCRUM methodologies. (The Wall
Answered students’ questions and provided corrective feedback Street Journal’s
during office hours. D3: All Things
Digital
Supported Computer Science II (CMSC 214), Computer Conference)
Organization (CMSC 311), and Data Structures (CMSC 420). Member of
Association for
User Interface Designer, Programmer/Analyst Computing
Machinery
ProList, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (ACM), 2004 –
June 1998 – August 2003 (Summer and Winter Breaks) 2007
Designed, implemented, and integrated web-based customer Reviewer for
relations management (CRM) system with mass mailing facility. CHI 2006
Work-in-
Created systems that improved relationships with existing
Progress Papers
customers and earned company certification as a Microsoft
Premiere Vender.
EDUCATION
B.S. Computer Science with Honors, Magna Cum Laude – May 2004
University of Maryland, College Park
GPA: 3.9/4.0
B.A. Economics, Magna Cum Laude – May 2004
University of Maryland, College Park
GPA: 3.9/4.0
International Baccalaureate Diploma – May 2000
Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, MD
PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
Conroy, K., Levin, D., Guimbretiere, F. ProofRite: A Paper-Augmented Word
Processor. Interacting with Computers. Submitted Nov. 2006.
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Conroy, K., Levin, D., Guimbretiere, F. ProofRite: A Paper-Augmented Word
Processor. User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2004 Companion (Peer-
Reviewed Demonstration), Oct. 2004, pp. 29-30.
Hunleth, F., Gritton, C., Conroy, K., Stoner, R. Client-server architectures and
methods for zoomable user interfaces. United States Patent Application
#20050283798. Filed June 2005.
Gritton, C., Aufderheide, D., Conroy, K., Goyal, N., Hunleth, F., Scheirey, S.,
Simpkins, D. Distributed software construction for user interfaces. United States
Patent Application #20060176403. Filed August 2006.
Hunleth, F., Moshiri, N., Napier, W., Simpkins, D., Wroblewski, F., Conroy, K.,
Gritton, C. Methods and systems for enhancing television applications using 3D
pointing. United States Patent Application #20060184966. Filed August 2006.
AWARDS
J.R. Dorfman Prize for Best Undergraduate Research Project in College of
Computer, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences – May 2004
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Computer, Mathematics, and
Physical Sciences – May 2004
Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the first and only international honor society for the computing
sciences, UMCP Chapter – May 2004
University of Maryland Honors Citation – April 2003
National Society of Collegiate Scholars – April 2003
Golden Key International Honor Society – September 2003
President’s Scholarship, University of Maryland – 2000-2004
